Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Declared vacant in 56-11 after McKay is injured in an auto accident and Fox is suspended for 60 days for hitting the referee during a match on 56-11-26 in Idaho Falls, ID (The Post-Register, Idaho Falls, ID, 56-11-29).
Tangaro & Brunetti defeat Jares & Sasaki in a non-title tournament final on 56-12-29 in Ogden, UT and are mistakenly reported as having regained the title (The Ogden Standard-Examiner, 56-12-30); the mistake is later corrected (The Ogden Standard-Examiner, 57-01-05).
Cliff Thiede & Vern Taft
1957-01-07
Idaho Falls, ID
Defeat Frank Jares & Yvon Quimet when Sasaki "had to leave Monday for Japan" (The Post-Register, Idaho Falls, ID, 57-01-08); still champions as of 57-02-15.
Defeat Bill Melby & The Blue Avenger; held up after the match against Bill Melby & Kit Fox on 59-04-21 in Twin Falls, ID; Bat and Borne eventually break up.
